G M Khan Baluch.
Diagnostic Value of Ultrasound in Blunt Abdominal Trauma.
J Surg Pak Jan ;6(3):23-5.

Blunt abdominal trauma is one of the commonest injuries. In order to evaluate the diagnostic value of ultrasound in such patients, a prospective study was carried out from July 1998 to June 2001 in patients admitted to emergency ward, Nishtar Hospital Multan on emergencyon-call days of Surgical Unit III (twice a week). All the adult patients (over the age of 12 years) with blunt abdominal trauma, without associated injuries were included in the study. Males below the age of 40 were the most common victim (90%) of this injury The most common cause of this injury was road traffic accident (80%). Timely diagnosis of the nature of intraabdominal injury is essential to reduce the mortality and morbidity in such patients. Among the various diagnostic modalities currently used, in majority of the main public hospitals, ultrasonography proved to be very helpful in the correct diagnosis of the abdominal organ, injuries with diagnostic accuracy of 98%.

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